Marionneaux v. Dupuy

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Nicholls, 0. J.

This case was before us in 1895 on exceptions and was remanded for a trial on the merits. The facts and pleadings will be found in the 47th Annual, page 948. Plaintiffs now bring it up on appeal from a judgment in favor of the defendants.

A very brief reference to the facts will be here given. ' On the 80th of August, 1898, Silvert Marionneaux appeared before a notary public in the parish of Iberville and two witnesses and acknowledged the present plaintiffs as his natural children. The authentic act evidencing this acknowledgment closed…